Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"My approval is given in order that every possible facility may be afforded for the prompt discharge of all arrears of pay due to our soldiers and our sailors."

"In order to raise money by way of loans most easily and cheaply, it is clearly necessary to give every possible support to the public credit."

"I feel that I should not perform my duty by a simple announcement of my approval of the joint resolution, without expressing my earnest desire that measures such in substance as those I have just refe..."

"That Congress has power to regulate the currency of the country can hardly admit of doubt."